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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-12-17
CHAPTER w.

Kate found her sister, as the stranger had
intimated, fully prepared. A hasty inven-
tory of provisions and means of subsistence
showed that they had ample resources for q
much longer isolation.
"They tell me it is by no means an uncom-
mon case, Kate; somebody over at some
body's place was showed in for four weeks,
and now it appears that even the Summit
house is not always accessible. John ought
to have known it when be bought the place;
in fact, was ashamed to admit that he did
not. But that is like John to prefer his own
theories to the experience of others. How
ever, don't suppose we should even notice
be lesson to John, though. As Mr.. Lee
says, he is on the outside, and can probably
go wherever he likes from the Summit ex-
cept to come here"
"Mr. Leea" echoed Kate.
"Yes, the wounded one; and the others
name is Falkner. asked them in order that
you might be properly introduced. There
were very respectable Falkners in Charles
town, you remember; l thought you might
warm to the name and perhaps trace the con-
nection now that you are such good friends.
It's providential they are here, as we haven't
got horse or a man in the place since Man
uel disappeared, though Mr.. Falkner says he
can't be far away, or they would have met
him ON the trail if he had gone toward the
summit"
"Did they say anything more of Manuelr
Nothing; though l am inclined to agree
with you that he isn't trustworthy. But that
again is the result of Johns idea of employ
ing native skill at the expense of retaining
native habits"
The evening closed early, and with no
diminution in the falling rain and rising
wind. Falkner kept his word, and unosten-
tatiously performed the outdoor work in the
barn and stables, assisted. by the only Chi
rSse servant remaining, and under the ad-
Wee and supervision of Kate Although he
seemed to understand horses, she was sur
prised to find that he betrayed civic ignor-
ance of the ordinary details of the farm and
rustic household. 1t was quite impossible
that she should retain her distrustful atti-
tude or he his reserve in their enforced COM
panionship. They talked freely of subjects
suggested by the situation, Falkner exhibit
ing a general knowledge and intuition of
things without parade or dogmatism. Doubt
ful of all versatility as Kate was, she could
not help admitting to herself that his truths
we're none the less true for their quantity or
hat he got at them without ostentatious
processes. His talk certainly was more pic
turesque than her brothers and less subdu-
ing to her faculties. John had always crushed
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Boots and Shoes made TO order at reasonable
prices. and Q perfect at guaranteed. Repairing
promptly attended to and neatly szecussd PYssss
moderate.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-12-17

lieved him of his previous slyness and effort;
tits even worse than expected. The snow
must have begun there last night, and it
looks as if it meant to stay" He stopped for
moment, and then, lifting his eyes to her,
said: "I suppose you know what this meansa"
II don't understand you"
II thought not. Well it means that you
are absolutely cut off here from any commu-
nication or intercourse with any one outside
of that canyon. By this time the snow is five
feet deep over the only trail by which one
can pass in and out of that gateway am
not alarming you. hope, Tor there Is no real
physical danger; Idace like this ought to
be well garrisoned, and certainly is self-sup-
porting SO far as the mere necessities and
even comforts are concerned! You have
wood, water, cattle and game at your COM
mand, but for two weeks at least you are
completely isolated"
"For two weeks, said Kate, growing pale
sand my brother?'
"He knows all by this time and is prob
ably as assured as l am of the safety of his
family"
"For two weeks, continued Kate, 'impossi-
blei You don't know my brotherl He will
find some way to get to u.s."
II hope so," returned the stranger, grave
ly, "for what is possible for him is possible
for U.S."
AThen you are anxious to get away" Kate
could not help saying
Every"
The reply was not discourteous in manner,
but was so far from gallant that Kate felt a
new and inconsistent resentment Before
she could say anything he added, Sand 1
hope you will remember, whatever may hap
pen, that l did my best to avoid staying here
longer than was necessary to keep my friend
from bleeding to death in the road"
"Certainly," said Kate; then added awk-
wardly, II hope he'll be better SOON" She
was silent, and then, quickening her pace,
said hurriedly, 81 must tell my sister this
dreadful news"
II think she is prepared for it. If there is
anything / can do to help you hope you will
let me know. Perhaps l may be of some
service. shall begin by exploring the trails
tomorrow, for the best service we can do you
possibly is to take ourselves off; but can
carry gun, and the woods are full of game
driven down from the mountains. Let me
show you something you may not have
noticed" He stopped and pointed to a small
knoll of sheltered shrubbery and granite on
the opposite mountain, which still remained
black against the surrounding snow. It
seemed to be thickly covered with moving
objects. "They are wild animals driven out
of the snow," said the stranger. "That larger
one is a grizzly; there is a panther, wolves,
wildcats, fox, and some mountain goats"
"An ill-assorted party" said the young girl.
all luck makes them companions. They
are too frightened to hurt one another now"
"But they will eat each other later on, said
Kate, stealing glance at her companion.
He lifted his long lashes and met her eyes.
Not on haven of refuge"
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warn you that you wouldn't find him as do
cile as am. Decoyed into a snowdrift and
frozen, you might get some valuable expe-
riences in resuscitation by thawing him."
II fancied you had done that already.
Kate" whispered Mrs Hale.
"Freezing is the new suggestion for pain
less surgery" said Lee, coming to Kate's re-
lief with ready tact, "only the knowledge
should be moro generally spread. There was
a man up at Strawberry fell under sledge
load of wood in the snow. Stunned by the
shock, he was slowly freezing to death when,
with tremendous effort, he succeeded in
freeing himself all but his right leg, pinned
down by a small log. His AK happened to
have fallen within reach, and few blows ON
the log freed him."
"And saved the poor fellows life," said
Mrs Scott, who was listening with sympa-
thizing intensity.
"At the expense of his left leg, which he
had unknowingly cut OFF under the pleasing
supposition that it was a log" returned Lee,
demlrely.
Nevertheless, in a few moments he man
aged to divert the slightly shocked suscepti-
bilities of the old lady with some raillery of
himself and did not again interrupt the even,
good humored communion of the party. The
rain beating against the windows and the
fire sparkling on the hearth seemed to lend
a charm to their peculiar isolation, and it
was not until Mrs. Scott rose with a warn
ing that they We're tresnaSSinp uDOn the rest
of their patient that they discovered that the
evening had slipped by unnoticed. When
the door at last closed on the bright, sympa-
thetic eyes of the two young women and the
motherly benediction of the elder, Falkner
walked to the window, and remained silent,
looking into the darkness Suddenly he
turned bitterly to his companion.
"This is just h-ll, George"
George Lee, with a smile still on his boyish
face, lazily moved his head
| II don't know! If it wasn't for the old
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-12-17

When they returned to the house he di
not linger in the parlor or sitting room, bu
at once rejoined his friend. When Dime
vas ready in the dining room, little mor
deliberately arranged and ornamented thar
isual, the two women were somewhat sur
prised to receive an excuse from Falkner,
Begging them to allow him for the present to
take his meals with the patient and thus save
the necessity of another attendant.
at is all shyness, Kate said Mrs Hale,
onfidently, "and must not be permitted fol
+, moment"
"Tm sure should be quiAe willing to stay
18th the poor boy myself" said Mrs. Scott,
imply, "and take Mr.. Falkner's place whilc
ie dimes"
"You are too willing, mother" said Mrs
Hale pertly, "and your poor boy as you call
aim, will never see 35 again"
"He will never see any other birthday" re-
torted her mother, sunless you keep him
more quiet. He only talks when you're N
he room"
"He wants some relief to his friends long
ace and mustaches that make him look
s'ematurely in mourning" said Mrs Hale,
With slight increase of animation. II don't
propose to leave them too much together.
After dinner well adjourn to their room and
tighten it up little. You must come, Kate,
to look at the patient and counteract the bale
ful effects of my frivolity"
Mrs. Hale's instincts were truer than her
mothers experience; not only that the
wounded mans eyes became brighter under
the provocation of her presence but it was
evident that his naturally exuberant spirits
were a part of his vital strength, and were
absolutely essential to his quick recovery.
Encouraged by Falkner's grave and practical
assistance, which she could not ignore, Kate
ventured to make an examination of Lees
wound. Even to her Impractical eye it was
less serious than at first appeared The great
loss of blood had been due to the laceration
of certain small vessels below the knee, but
neither artery nor bone was injured. re-
currence of the hemorrhage or fever was the
only thing to be feared, and these could be
averted by bandaging, repose and simple
nursing.
The unfailing good humor of the patient
under this manipulation, the quaint origin
ality of his speech, the freedom of his fancy,
which was, however, always controlled by a
certain instructive tact, began to affect Kate
nearly as it had the others. She found her.
self laughing over the work she had under
taken ia a pure sense Of duty; she Joined in
the hilarity produced by Lees affected terror
of her surgical mania, and offered to undo
the bandages in search of the thimble he de-
clared she had left in the wound with view
to further experiments.
"You ought to broaden your practice" he
suggested. "a good deal might be made out
of Ned and piece of soap left carelessly on
the first step of the staircase, while noun
tains of surgical opportunities lie in hum
BILE orange peel judiciously exposed. Only 1
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1887-12-17

Following is the Auditors and Ireasurer's joint
quarterly report for the quarter ending Sept. 3Otb
1881:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-04
Criminal Negligence.

The coroner's verdict in the case of the
disaster on the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road near Republic, o., shows n truly
disgrace full state of affairs in the manage
ment of that road. The wonder is that,
with such conditions prevailing, more
and severer disasters have not occurred
during the winter. The disaster it will
be remembered, was caused by collision
between freight and passenger train /,
and when the series of causes which led
to the catastrophe is reviewed one can
hardly avoid the conclusion that it was
wholly due to criminal negligence.
According to the coroners report the
locomotive of the freight train had been
in an unfit condition for service for a long
time 1t should have been in the repair
shop when the accident occurred Had it
been in proper trim siding could easily
have been reached in time to let the other
train pass. In addition to the bal condi-
ton of the engine, the engineer was him
self unfit for duty He had been at work
continuously for seventeen hours. and
was the more wearied from the fact that
he had an inexperienced fireman for a
| helper. Thus he was in no condition to
act promptly and iudiciously in case of an
emergency. 1t shows very bad manage
ment on the part os the division superin-
tendent to say the least, that a practically
disabled engine and an overworked en-
gneer should have been on the
main track at such time. But
still another instance of culpable
negligence is to be laid to the
charge of the conductor of the freight
train, who had ample time to flag the
passenger train but neglected to do so.
| But even under all these unfavorable cir
cumstances, if the brakes on the passen-
ger train had not been out of order it
could have been stopped in time to pre-
vent the disaster. And finally, after the
collision had occurred many precious
lives would have been saved had not the
heating and lighting arrangements of the
passenger cars been dangerous in the
I extreme"
| With such concentration of crcum-
stances as these, for all of which the
managers of the road and especially the
officials of this particular division, were
more or less directly responsible, it really
seems as though the disaster on the Balti
more and Ohio were invited. The lesson
| is valuable one, though bought at terri
BILE expense. For all railroad corporations
and officials eternal vigilance is the
price of immunity from railroad acci
dents
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-04

ton of security for the currency to the
amount of SSS,00O000, which will repre-
sent retirement of Sss,0O0,0O0 used in
business transactions This is only the
beginning of this contraction of the cur
rency which must eventually be equiva-
lent to the full volume of S227, 100000 as
the four and four and half per cent
bonds mature, if some other security for
the national bank circulation is not pro
vided by Congress.
1t was hoped that the present Congress
would adopt, or at least consider, some
method of perpetuating the national bank
ing system when the government bonds
shall have all been called in. But in spite
of the fact that the contraction of the cur.
rency has already amounted to $450O0,0O
since last August, there has been no prac
teal effort made to meet the threatened
evil, either by Congress or by the comp
troler
Comptroller Trenholm, however, is said
to be maturing "A plan for the perpetual
ton of a national banking system, which
is to be submitted to the Fiftieth Con
gress. The country waits to see what il
will be-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-04
Passage of the L. S. Experiment sta
ton Bill

The House of Representatives has pass
ed, by a large majority, the Senate bill for
establishing agricultural experiment sta
tons in all the States, and there is no
doub. that the bill will become law
The significance of this action to the
farmers of the country can hardly be over
estimated Fifteen thousand dollars Il
year expended in every State for the bene-
fit of its agricultural interests ought to
accomplish large results for the farmers
And as the welfare of all other branches
of industry largely depends upon them, all
will profit by their prosperity.
The crying need of the farmers of this
country is practical scientific knowledge
They are perplexed with theories, and
the hobbies of fancy" farmers. They try
this and that plan on their home acres, of
ten at great expense, only to find that un-
foreseen conditions or limitations render
the method valueless. The State expert
ment station, where questions of practi-
cal farming, under local conditions, can
be decided by scientific methods, and de
monstrated in actual result, is just what
the American farmer needs. This aid
thanks to the wisdom of State legislators
agriculture in Congress-has at last
been made possible. With the ma
tional and State appropriations com
bined, Vermont ought to have one of the
best equipped and most useful of the ag-
ricultural experiment stations. Those of
our readers who have followed in these
columns the reports of the lectures before
the farmers class at the University, can
readily see how valuable such instruction
would be if its principles could be demon
strated and its suggestions followed out
in practical experimental work. This is
no longer a desirable possibility: it will
soon be an assured reality. The bill will
require $4,000 ayear, and probably the
oleomargarine tax will produce just about
this amount, even if there were no other
surplus revenue.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-04

An important decision was rendered
last week by Judge Brown of the United
States District Court for the southern dis
trict of New York in the case of the Old
Dominion Steamship company against the
executive board of the trades union,
known as the Ocean association. The de
cision declares that the action of the men
composing this executive board in causing
the workmen of the company to strike,
constituted in law malicious and illegal
interference with the plaintiffs business,
which is actonable." 1t also declares the
boycott upon the business of the company
and the interference between it and its
customers to be mot only illegal, render
ing the defendants liable in damages, but
also misdemeanors at common law as well
as by section l6S of the penal code of this
State" Judge Brown lays down very ex-
plicltly the law that all combinations and
associations to coerce workmen to become
members, to interfere with their employ
ment if they are not members, or to inter
fere with the perfect freedom of employ
ers in the proper management and con
troll of their lawful business are illegal
OF course the right to redress on the part
of those who are injured by such tyranni
cal interference follows.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-04

The advertisement in London papers of
the exhibition of Munkacsy'3 picture,
Christ before PLATE" in that city has oc-
casioned considerable surprise among
Americans, who supposed that we pos
sessed the original composition. Inquiries
have finally elected the information that
the picture in London is nothing more
than small sketch of the original one
twentieth of its size, produced by Nun
kacsy and owned by one of his intimate
friends, who loaned it to dealers eX-
hibition in the Haymarket. What would
the London papers say to such trickery,
if practiced in America ?
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A bill has been introduced in the New
York Senate to appropriate S200,500 for
the erection of suitable monuments to the
memory of the soldiers of the State of
New York who were engaged in the bat
tie of Gettysburg. With the bill was the
report of the commission which was APP
pointed by the last Legislature to obtain
necessary information. The commission
consisted of Gems. Sickles, Slocum, Porter,
and Richardson. The commissioners say
that already ninety regimental and bat
terry monuments are erected on the field.
OF this number Massachusetts, has thirty,
her full complement Pennsylvania, TWEEN
ty-eight; Connecticut, four New Hamp
shire, three; Rhode Island, four; Indiana.
six; Delaware, three, her full complement,
while New York, which had eighty-seven
regiments and batteries in the battle, is
represented on the field by two monu-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-04

The killing of six out of a party of
seven boys, by the engine of a train near
Easton, Pa, on Monday, was one of the
most painful casualties of this season of
shocking accidents. The boys were from
ten to fourteen years old. They were
walking on the track, and their attention
being taken by an approaching train, they
did not see or hear the signals of train
coming behind them on the other track
When they realized their danger it was
too late. One brave boy. Willie Pierce by
name. seeing that he could not ,save him
self, grasped his little brother in his arms
and threw him clear of the track. The
other six were killed and most of then
horribly mangled.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-04
Result ofthe German Elections.

Bismarck has won the day in the Ger
man elections by a small but sure major
ity. Although in several districts no
elections took place, and new elections
Will be necesstated, the general result
is unquestionably favorable. to the gov
eminent. Returns from 265 districts
show the election of A conservatives, IS
imperiaists, 43 centrists, So national lib
erals, new German liberals, 6 socialists,
10 Alsatians and Poles New elections
Will have to be held in A districts. Sep
tennists are returned throughout Saxopy
and in almost all the districts in Baden,
Wurtemburg and Hesse. The large So
cialst vote in Berlin and other centres is
rather ominous feature of the elections,
and may well cause alarm both among
the adherents of the government and the
friends of social order.
The political significance of the elections
is not at all favorable to the peace of
Europe. While Bismarck's majority in the
Reichstag is not large, it will undoubted-
ly be large enough for his purpose, and
will enable him to secure the passage of
his army bill, which is warlike menace
France will not be likely to disregard. 1t
is further possible that Bismarck may Sc
cure from the Reichstag formal declara-
ton allowing his claim that the question
of an efficient maintenance of the army is
vested in the emperor exclusively From
all indications, Bismarck is quite willing
to accept the issue with France, and
France is nearly if not quite ready to re-
sumo hostilities. Since her former defeat
she has cherished one main purpose-to
try the question over again with Ger
many. The war is sure to come. The
only question about it is one of time
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-04

Mr.. G. w. Smalley, the New York Tri-
bunc'S London correspondent, says that
the action of the English foreign office
in reference to the fisheries controversy
will not be determined by what the Cana
disns say or do, but by what the Ameri-
can government, Congress and the people
say and do, Speeches like that of Sena-
tor Ingalls,, says Mr.. Smalley, "are taken
here at their true value; and so is the re-
markable prophecy of Representative Rice
of Massachusetts, that America would in
case Of war undoubtedly whip England.
Such outbursts are criticised as matters of
taste and not otherwise. What Lord
Salisbury respects is the unanimous vote
of the House of Representatives for the
retalatory bill. Congress and the govern
ment have only to persevere in their pres
ent policy to win. The feeling here for
the colonies is strong, and this. ministry
wants no quarrel with Canada; but it
wants one still less with America. All
the talk about war passes as tall talk, >"
but believe it certain that firm good
sense at Washington backed by public
opinion will carry the day"